The Sun. — London, England, 1809-05-31 00:00:00

erj MAILS. Gpitenburgh, t Malta, Waterford, PRICE OF STOCKS PAY 4T TWALV F. O'CLOCK. COMOI4 r ••• r ,68 r Kea. Anu. , r 16% THE SUN. -.calm Qui. Dicgas FALAULi AUDI4T ? WIDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1809. We feel much concern in stating that intelligence of a very uppleasant nature was yesterday received from Gijon. From the success which had attended the exertions of General VALLPTEROS and the As tulian army, we were led to anticipate the most ad vantageous results, but our hopes are for the present klisappointed by the , rapid and unexpe6ted advance of the French into the Asturias. The Marquis do RotA was at Oviedo when the .- French approach ed that City, The only force he had with him was the Regiment de la Princessa,' which being insuffi= cient•to tltsist the progress of the French, he was urv-' der the necessity of retreating to Gijon, where he em barged, with his Aides-de-Canw, on board the, Pa jam° sloop of war, and sailed for the western coast of Gallicia for the purpose of joining the main body of his army. The Pr pit(entits has arrived at Ports mouth' with the Bishop ot . SantandWOo board., She Sailed from Gijon on the 2oth. •The French; it appears, entered Oviedo on the isth, and were every hour expected in Gijon when the Provideniia sailed. This sudden entry of the French into Astti ‘rias has, we have very little doubt, been facilitated by treachery: The Marquis Da LA RommiA has been, we know, for some time, employed in dissolv- ing. the Junta of Asturias, and in organizing the Civil Government of . that Province; and it is highly probable that sorup of the Members who have been dismissed hav, 'n resentment, betrayed their coun try to the F. . .6. The following is the Letter which has been re ceived upoti,the subject OPF GIJON, MAY 20. 7 --Since my last, I have to inform you, that being about completing the loading of the ship, a rumour was spread' in this place that the. French were advancing upon Oviedo with a strong column ; and for fear of a isnrprise here,- in consequence of this, we were in duced touurnoor the ship, and place her at about three miles distance from thiS port, which was effea ed in the evening of 18th. I went ashore to culled some provisions in baste, and on my landing I saw the Marquis Dc LA /1004AtiA corning in with his Aides-dc , Camp. • I learned from the latter, that they had no doubt of the French being then in pos-; session of ()lied° ; that they had left the Princessa Regiment, the only force they had, in defence of the bridge, which w.uld doubtless be obliged to fall back and this did actually .take place , as I slut than coining in shortly after. We made, of course, all possible haste to be off, and soon got the ship out of,reach of the enemy. I tear, however, there will he no opportunity of shipping what property rrinqins on shore, as, since the first rumours, it was uno us iibl e to find carts or people inclined to work ;. titte,every-thing was in the greatest confusion." Letters have been received from Gottenburgh of the 20th inst. which state, that the Russian Fleet is at sea. We do not think this yery likely, but if it should ba true, we may venture to predict that their cruize will boa very short one. It is said, in a post. script to one of these letters, that " the Austrians are doing great things ;" but as no particulars are men r t ioned, cannot place any reliance on 80 vague a etatemint. • The suiajea of our relations with America was •gain adverted to last night irk the House of Com mons, and Mr. CANUT;i9 repeated his observation? 'won the extraordinary cqndUa of the British Mi lliner in America. We are nor, however, without hopes that an amicable termination pf out differences may.) et take place, if the AmericanGoVerrtment really entertain pacific intentions. His Majesty's Ministers rave been always desirous that an adjustment should take place, provided it could he done upon terms con sistent wit!) the honour ,and interests of this coon-. try. But they, round that Mr. JEAVEISQN was de. ypt#cf , to the cruiser of France, that instead of nego tiating with this Country on the spirit of Peace,he ',va c ; fad endoavoutitia to widen the 4react), and if possible to • plunge America into a . . war with Bngland, vV hope that Mr. I.lAnntsetir is not 21,anated b 7 the same semitnetits, and that he will .pot, like his predecessor, sacrifice the best interests .o f ,Ame'rica, to a blind attachment to the•caust; of France. Lif. - JCICSON will leave in a few da) s for 'America! . . , Fier Majesty will hold a prawing-rootp at St. 4atnes's; Monday newt the sth of June, when 1 1 4 Majesty's liirth‘day will be kept. Yesn.-rday, soon atter twelye o'clock, their MA /It:Tif,.s, Prinee,,ses 94JSTA, ELIZA/lETH, and Sti ticconipanied by Lady C. Wat.Daott4vE, ar five& at the Oueen's PalaFr... from Windsor. The lukes of: Yoak. CuMB nLAND, PAI9RIDGE,' and ~'s7 paid their respae to 'their Royal Patents in 14ti c(iiise of the pluming. fri the evening their 14 A.l ESTIE had 'a s'eleii party. • ' noticed iii tl4 Gaitte of last piglet, dint the late promotion of Lord .13VOIIERSH has not taken NAVAL NEWS.- PLYMOUTH, May 6g,.... Arrived the ,Resistance gate, and Plover 4100 p of la sr, from a cruize ; and the Sir William &oil, Bar.r., from Teneriffe. The Busy Letter of Marque, froth Plymouth to Madeira, has been taken by La Mouche privateer, and re-taken by the Raven sloop of war. Came in, La Ventura French privateer, of 9 guns, captured off Madeira in March last, by the Fortunee frigate : she was from Bourdeaux to Guadaloupe with provisions. FALMOUTH, MAY 28. 7 —Arrived the Queen, PAL'. MER, from London to Hayti, with loss of main. yard, &c. Sailed the Silenia, ANDREWS ) for London. DRAL, MAY, 30,—Arrived the Crocodile . and Round bombs from the westward ; Crown, Haw- LAND, for St. Thomas's ; Riga Packet, WHITE, for the Brazils; and Fingal, DeNxING, from Rio Ja iielro his Majesty's ships Alae, with a convey of merchantmen and transports, the former from Lis bort,..the latter from Plymouth—the transports are chiefly sailed for Ramsgate Pier, the merchantinen for the River. PORTSMOUTH, MAY So.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Proteaor on a cruize ; also his Majesty's ship Hardy, together with a Convoy, for Cork; and the Ant schooner with a Convoy to Guernsey. We are glad to see that Mr. CHOKER his given.. notice of a motion relative to the non-produaion of some papers called for by Sir JOHN NEWPORT, be cause we shall then see how the Right Honourable Baronet will account for the statements he made on a former night, relative to the Earl of ANNESLEY and Mr. B. HILL, namely, that when Mr. HILL' was Surveyor of Rosscrea, he committed a fraud on the Revenue to a very large amount. That this fraud was reported to Lord AN WESLEY, First Com missioner of Excise, who, instead of punishing this offence, suppressed the report of it. To. support this statement, the Right Hon. Baronet called for papers, some of which have been produced, and some not ; but those which have been produced con tain, as was stated by Mr. Croker last night, a very remarkable contradiction of every particular of Sir Joittv's former allegation, for it appears that not Mr. HILL, but a Mr. Hnson, was the Excise Offi cer in charge when the fraud was committed; that the report of it was not made to Lord ANNESLEY, (who was, not then at that Board), but to Lord DONOUGIIMORE; that the report was not suppressed, but laid by this Nobleman before the general Board, and was followed up by the suspension from otlice, and emoluments of the officers concerned. We are 'therefore not a little curious to know how Sir JOHN NEWPORT will reconcile his statement wish the tads contained in the Papers he himself called for, mid if he cannot do ais, how he will account for having charged on Lord ANNESLEY such gross detitinetic, , when 'he in fact had no part whatsoc%er in the transaetions, and on the Board of Exciie stir h , ti!pa ble negligence, when in effect they mok every step to correct and punish the offence that had been cons mined. Th.! report of the two French Line-of-battle.-Ships which escaped Admiril COCHRANE having taken s h e l ter i n Gi ja d •loope, is unfounded, Tile Spar. rowitawk Sloop of %Val-, arrived at Portsmouth, has brought irnelligence that two Ships of that descrip tion succeeded-in getting into the port of Cherbourg on Sunday night. They are, and we • think justly supposed to be,. the same that escaped from the Saints. The two Frigates being blockaded in &vise . terre roads, Guadaloupe, it is to by hoped they will share the fate of the Hatapoutt. ley a letter received from Captain OTTER, of the Praserpiue, dated the 13th of- April, from Verdun, we find the fads respeOing the capture of that Ship are not quite accurately stated in the French Papers. His account of the transattion is as follows :—" We were surrounded on the night of the ectli of Fe bruary, off Coulon, by a French Squadron, con sisting of five Sail of the Line, and three large Fri gates, and captured.after a dose action of 40 minutes with two of the latter. lam happy to say, that the ship suffered much, principally in her masts and rigging.. We had only one killed and ten'wounded, and on the following day it appeared that the last 'were all likely to• do well." The whole of the crew was with Capt. OTTER ) at Verdun, and pro-, per attention was paid to the education of the younger part of it. Yesterday a Court of' Aldermen Was held .at . Guildhall; which was (Mended by the Lord Mayor, isatiortuurt, anti the City Officers. The Court inspeaed . the Beports of the Meal , weighers, and , Ordered the price . of Bread to be re duced one:assize, or Vd. in the peck loaf, to take place to-morrow when the Unartern Loaf is to be gold for to. I id. ' and Household is. The Lord Mayor laid betre the Court a lecterhe had received from Mr. Alderman Boyden, requesting to resign his office of Alderman for the Ward of Cheap ; which was accepted, .and his Lordship was 'desired to issue his Precept for a Wardrnote, for the eledion of another hi his room. The Lord Mayor proposed the following Gentle men to . the "Court, to be put in nomination to the Livery, iri Common Hall, an Midsummer-day next, for their choice of two of them to serve the office of Sheriffs Of London and Middlesex, for the year en suing ; and. - the Common Cryan was direlited to serve. them with notices therm:ie.—Griffith Jones, Esq. Citizen and Draper ; George Bridges, Esq. Citizen and Wheelwright; Richard Sanderson,Esn; Citizen and Cooper; Sarnuti Baker, Esq. Citizen and iron-monger; Wm. Cass, Esq. Citizen and Wheelwright; George Wood, gsii,qtizen and Mer chant Tailor; Johngray, Etirt i :Citiien and brapgr Harvey Walklare Ar,lortinter, :sq. Ci4en and For tier ; Wm. Lai bent, Esq. Citizen and' Cooper. Henry parker, Es 9. Clerk , df the Chamber; stir repclered that Office, anti' Mr. James Bonder was adnlitted it} ilia itiorn.' '• '• At; public curiosity firti been strongly elcited by a late unhappy event, we insert the following article, which, with the account of the DUel, will, it is to be hoped, for, the sake of the numerous conne&ions of the respective parties, put a stop th all comments on the unfortunate transactions. LORD PAGET AND LADY CHARLOTTE WELLESLEY. We are•authorised to state, in reference to the pa ragraph which appeared in a Morning Paper of Monday last, that although Lord Paget has returned to . the bosom of his family without being compelled to relinquish Lady Charlotte Wellesley, yet the steps that his Lordship has taken have beett - di&ated alone by a sense of propriety towards both families, and from a hope that it might eventaliy lead to their happiness; to separating from Lady Charlotte Wel lesley, he did so in express compliance with her wishes; she' was no longer , to be under his Lord ship's proteaion than she chose to continue so ; it was not his objet to be restored to his wife, his children, and his friends, whilst Lady Charlotte was Precluded from these advantages; he was prepared to go step by step with her in these respeCls. If Lady Charlotte could give him up, and find happi ness in the bosom of her family, she was at liberty to do so-4f, on the other hand, she could not exist without him, he was ready to sacrifice every thing for the woman he had been the means of placing in such a situation ; in . fall, nothing was or is farther from the wish or intention of his Lordship; than the case which appears intimated by the paragraph al luded to That his Lordship should return to his family, and enjoy all the comforts of such a situa tion, whilst Lady C. was living under his protec tion, deprived of every thing that could render life .happy, or even desirable." The friends of Lord P. are ,aware that much misrepresentation has : gone abroad, in 'elation to the unhappy event that has occurred ; they have not attempted to contradid the statement ; nor had Lord Paget himself ever en deavoured to palliate a crime, of the magnitude of . which he is perfealy sensible. But as the paragraph in question, . following the letter of Lady C 4 Welles ley to Mr. Arbuthnot, is evidently calculated to im press on people's minds the idea that his Lordship's feelings have not been, and are not, much distressed on the unhappy occasion, we are authorised to state, that an opportunity will be given us of pub lishing letters, which, although they may not excul pate his Lordship, will most certainly convince the world that he has not been destitute of those feel ings which do credit to the 'heart; and that since the melancholy occurrence has taken place, his con duet has been dilated must entirely by those prin ciples which appeared to him most honourable and most proper on such an occasion, and under circum stances so difficult and afflicting. ' DUEL. MAY 30.—1 n ordei to prevent the appearance its the papers of any mis-statementiespeding the duel which has taken place this morning between Lord . Paget and Captain Cadogan, we, the respective friends of the parties, f r et it incumbent on us to sub mit the following as the' correct statement of the . event, as it occuried In conseqnencui of • a . challenge having beers re, cei:ed by Lord Paget from Captain Cadogan, and every'aitempt to prevent a meeting having failed, the parties, attended by their respedive friends, Captain Cadogan by Captain M'Kenzie, of the Navy, Lore Paget by Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian, of the eilt Light Dragoons, met as agreed, at - seven o'clock, on Wlllluiedotl Common. ,111(.1 ground having been taken at twelve paces distance, they were diteeted to tire together. Captain Cadogan final, Lord Paget's pistol flashed. This having been deceued to go for a tire, a question arose whether Lord Paget had taken aim as if intending to hit his antagenist ?. Both the seconds being clearly of opi nion that ouch was not his intention (although the degree of obliquity he gave his pistol was such, as to have been discovered only by particular observe ' lion), Captain McKenzie stated to Captain Cadogan, that as it appeared to be Lord Paget's intention not to fire at him, he would net admit Of the affair pro ceeding any farther. Lieuterund-Colonel Vivian then asked Captain Cadogan whether he had not himself observed, that Lord Paget had not aimed at him ;: to which he replied in the affirmative. Capt. McKenzie then declared his determination not to remain any longer in the field, to witness any fur ther act of hostility on the part of Captain Cadogan. Captain Cadogan replied, of course his conduct must be decided by his second; declaring, at the same time, that he had etlie, prepared for the fell of one of the parties. On Captain Mckenzie and Lieut.- Colonel Vivian making it keown to Lord Paget, that as he evidently did not intend to tire at Captain Ca dogan, the affair could go no further, Lord Paget replied, "As such is your determination, I have now no hesitation in saying, chat nothing could ' ever have induced nes to add to the injuries I have already done the family, by firing at the brother of Lady Charlotte Wellesley." On this the parties left the ground. G. C. M'KENZIE. • • A. H. VIVIAN. Tiia ARTS.—We noticed some time ago the va luable and interesting work which Mr. ACKIIRMANN has brought forward, as a Repository of whatever may be conducive to' the improvement of the Arts, Fashions,:Mannittaures, &c. of this country, and we consider it, as but Jost to acknowledge that the progress of the work has fully justified our predic tion of its Altura Merit and consequent success.— Mr. ACKBRUANN hao evidently devoted much time and attention to the improvement of the decorative arts, and such inventions as are calculated to give amusement and occupation to the female world, pars Ocularly that part of it which has leisure for such ingenious and elegant pursuits. But he has also been equally sedulous to promote and improve what ever mgt} tend , to diffuse useful knowledge. He il lustrates his work with valuable plates, tic. &c. and altogether he may properly be ranked with' those who . are anxious to serve mankind,by solid inforn* tion, as well as to embellish 'Society with pleasing and elegant inventions. Th e birth-day of Mr. PITT was to be celebrate 4 at Y,dinburgh on Monday last, and Mr. ROCK, the Manager of the Theatre in that city, touch to his credit,' put oil the' intended Orly, in bon* of the occasion. Mr. PITT'S birt4-0Y was Og Ilia Sunday. . NEW-YORK, APRIL 25. The cheering prospect of peace with Great Bri tain seems to have filled every heart with joy. Yes.' terday, at sun-rise, noon, and sun-down, federal sa lutes were fired from the battery, and the Frigate Constitution, lying in East River. The bells rang a joyful peal, and in the evening there was ageneral illumination throughout the city. • We are told that since the adjustment of our dif ferences with Great Britain, General Turreau, the French Minister at Washington, resembles a mad bull-frog. His whiskers present a frightful appear ance, and he is swollen with indignation to a mon strous size. APRIL eG. We heretofore (says The Balti more Federal Republican) bad occasion to menace), that,' mmediately after his late Most Democratic; . Majesty had pledged himself, by a permanent ern* bargo, to support the, Tyrant yrant of Europe in the w ar - agaiust the universe, General Turreau, confiding in • the constancy and faith of Mr. Jefferson, leased a.: house for the term of three years. It is suggested • to the discreet and economical sensations of the Itn perial whisker wearer, to under-lease his Imperial lodgings, and take up his line of march to a peinf without the limits of the United States. His Vien dean Excellency, in a piece published in the Mani- . ' tear, at Washington, promised to furnish the Llnited.l States with able Generals, and a plentiful suppircit: the munitions of war, provided war was deciftre° against'England. The disap pointed and detested im" postor,Jefferson,was then President, end no doubt was ready to place the country under the government 0 1 Buonaparre and his Generals. But it seems that Mr.. : Madison and Mr. Jefferson are not one and indivisible. The former has heretofore sinned against princi ple, and has either become a convert to Federal pe licy, or given up his own opinions in obedience to' the voice of the nation. 'What an uproar among the French emissaries has been occasioned by Mr. Madison's pursuing the course pointed out by 0 minority in Congress ! They are completely stag' gered, and know not what to think. Is it possible, says one, that Mr. Madison and Secretary Smith have proved treacherous ? The American Aristides said there was no cause of war with Englaed, and he was called a tory and a traitor. The neW President has accepted the identical satistaCtion and reparation before offered by Mr. Rose, and rejeaed by Mr. Jefferson. He has admitted, that there is no cause of war with England, and pledges himself to use his best efforts to nt'gociate a treaty with her. What better testimony can be afford ed of the patriotism and enlightened judgment of Col. Pickering, and his faithful co.adjutors, than that the leading men of the democratic party subscribe f° his doctrines, and have consented to abandon the, cause of a bloody Despot ! It is in the power. °I Mr. Madison to rendes his fame immortal. HO. O s given an early evidence of his deterrnination to aban: don the mad scheme of his immediate predeon: and to return to the good old principles of rele r u " ism, which he once professed. While he con" to pursue the track which he has taken , we w ily follow and applaud him." As it is reported that General Turman will imnie*. diately leave the -Untied States, we bid bimfarewelli' and wish bins a 4ileasetit voyage. The New-Yuri: Daily Advertiser, of this day, con' . gains the following article "NO EMBARGO !" "NO FRENCH PARTY !" ft psACS' CC:OI%O , IEIMP, AND FRES TRADE." " FRUITS or FRO' RAL VIRTVII." • " Friends ,of Liberty, Disciples of Washington's' Lovers of Peace, Advocates of Commerce, give your united support to the following Federal Reptiblkalli ticket—Fur Senator, Benjamin Blydenburgh." Members of Assembly, the names of eleven canal' dates are mentioned.] " All New England is now federal : the cradle O f the Revolution, and the nurse of the Constituti has come back to the genuine principles of 01ons 6 " tutional liberty. , Virginia is becoming federal ; six or eight Fe . ' deral Members are known with certainty to be eleB ed. Every Mail brings intelligence of new and nn: expeated vit:tories in the East and South. Alter long and discouraging night of Democracy, lit Federalism, and French'lnfluence, our 11 rizun lengto announces the coming day, noc i ? shortly blaze with the full light of Federit".." Commerce, and Liberty. re. " At Massachusetts's eledion, the resultof the -0( turns from 0.6 towns (comprehending optword4,o_, gu,o(o votei) the federal majority in favor of n o vernor Gor.E is stated to be 3724, a net fedeol ga iu one year of b 775." AGRICULTURE, &c. MONTHLY REPORT roil MAY. rn 11 .." ti • The growing Wheats 'have not shewutfy improvement as is naturally expected frolu genial month of May. In several parts ot eastern district they are weak, and much discc",, l3 j ed, and in others many pis have been ptoPg, - up,:as too thin for thechance of a protitable.prodil,: the central counties have the best prospect, bo; i oo d general appearance is far from. indicating or, fix, crop. The Wheats experimentally sown in ra' o , ,froni the mildewed grain of last year, carry as 1 3 _, i ," raising an appearance as those from corn in perteet state.—=The Barleys and . Oats are prniaim b 7 i i where. they have experienced growing showers; in Norfolk, Suffolk, and most parts of Liocolnsh'....r" the latter sown ones stand much in need of e ra te i n c i i,; The young Clovers, it is feared, will prove. d in many places from the same cause'. --The.peans; Kent, though short, continue promising; out in s tint veral counties they have sutf.!recl considerably •b! fly.—The Potatoe grounds plant well univers3bYto'ro The Grass lapds are backward , somewhat dearer.—Thee Hop grounds aso 1 . ,;. Kent 'and Sussex, have become fool, giving an dal e favourable turn to the speculations on the year.-- Woo) markets are dull, ' and the , p_r c r o i lower for. Spanish fleeces. The average rind of South Down Wool from the shears is about 3s. ( t )dd pOunds—'-Smithfield has bad large supplio gib #tef and Mutton,'anil the vices were conswee and Hay is there r lower the last market day. Lamb, 1 11 ,0, V e al, ,f, r i i iridA down. Lean stock rather cheaper ; than it wait last month, but Iforiel'are ruP c , being in grea t d emand recruiting the oyaM• • •,